Combine Video TS files with Popcorn to make one DVD??

[Destro]

Does anyone know how I can combine 2 DVDs into one? I've ripped them on MactheRipper and so have 2 Video TS files. When I tried dragging both into Popcorn it appeared that it only accepted the one I dragged in last.

I made the film in iMovie and it totalled 30 GB (2 hrs 30 min) so I had to split it to burn in iDVD. I thought Popcorn could combine them and compress to fit on one disc.

Thanks for any help.

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[redwudz]

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[Frobozz]

There can only be one VIDEO_TS folder on a DVD. What you would need to do is extract the MPEGs from the two VIDEO_TS folders and have an application that can author those to a new VIDEO_TS. Popcorn cannont author a VIDEO_TS folder.

There is a possible alternative. If you create a dual-layer disc image file in iDVD then Popcorn should be able to compress that disc image to fit a single-layer disc.

Another alternative is to use Toast 7 to extract the MPEGs and author your DVD. But if you already have Toast 7 then I suggest using it instead of iDVD for long movies in the future. Toast will fit a 2 hr 30 min movie to a single-layer disc because it encodes compressed AC-3 audio (iDVD only does uncompressed audio) which leaves more room on the disc for the video.

[ArtemisG3]

DVD2oneX will do what you need.

[Destro]

Thanks to everyone who replied. It did work using DVD2One but I lost the menus. I think I'll try it again using Toast as recommended.

[ffooky]

The only app I'm aware of that allows one to combine VIDEO_TS folders without losing the individual menus is DVDReMakePro which is Windows only, alas.

[Frobozz]

Thanks to everyone who replied. It did work using DVD2One but I lost the menus. I think I'll try it again using Toast as recommended.

Toast won't keep the menus from the original DVD. It creates its own menu.